Toothbrush spoon



Jan. 21,` 1936. J, E PETERKlN Er AL 2,028,519

TooTHBRUsH SPOON Filed Aug. 20, 1934 Invia ntl: U5 J- E. :F.ETERKINAijln ruega Patented Jan. 21, 1936 'rooTHRUsH sPooN Jessie EvelynPeterkin and Frederick William Marlow, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Application August 20, 1934, Serial No. 740,578

2 Claims.

Our invention relates to improvements in toothbrush spoons, and theobject of the invention is to combine a spoon adaptable for measuringwith a toilet article such as a toothbrush so that a spoon will alwaysbe conveniently at hand for use in the bathroom, which when laid on atable or other supporting surface will lie absolutely level in a stableposition so that there will be no danger of spilling as the spoon isfilled thus leaving both hands free for handling the bottle or othercontainer out of which a liquid or powdered material is poured into thespoon and eliminating the danger of spilling onto the oor and stainingor otherwise impairing the floor or carpet. The spoon will always forman exact measure particularly Valuable for medicinal purposes such as aspoon or half spoon,` which will easily enter the mouth of a bottlecontaining salt or powder; which will not erode or corrode; which willpresent no sharp edges; will be easily cleaned and will not interferewith the use or hanging or care of the article with which it iscombined, and it consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toothbrush with our measuring spooncombined therewith.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the toothbrush andspoon.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

I indicates the head of a toothbrush from which extends the handle 2.`The opposite end of. the handle is enlarged at 3, such enlargementbeing so shaped that when the brush head and enlargement rest upon ahorizontal supporting surface the upper face of the enlargement will beparallel with such surface. The enlargement 3 is provided on its upperlevel face with a recess 4 corresponding to the bowl of a spoon, thesides and inner end being preferably vertical and the outer inclinedoutward so that the contents of the spoon may be readily poured.

when the bow1 of the spoon is sued 1eve1 as may readily be done byreason of its being indehands left free for lllng the spoon, an accuratemeasure will be provided, that is a teaspoon or half teaspoon accordingto the size of. the recess 4. Being made of the same material as thetoothbrush handle, it may be readily cleaned, will not 5 erode orcorrode, may be hung as an ordinary toothbrush is hung, is so shaped aswill permit the contents being easily poured therefrom, will always beready for use and cannot easily be misplaced.

What we claim as our invention is:-

1. A medicine spoon comprising a spoon bowl having a permanently opentop and formed with a substantially vertical inner end Wall, anoutwardly inclined outer end wall extending to a transverse dischargeedge, and parallel vertical sides, the upper edges of said sides and endwalls lying in a common plane and cooperating to guide contents of thebowl and prevent said contents from spreading laterally when dischargingover the upper edge of said outwardly inclined end wall, and a handlethe bottom of which is on a level with the bottom of said bowl and ofV agreater width than the same so as to prevent lateral tilting of the bowlwhen the spoon is set down.

2. A medicine spoon formed on the end of. a toothbrush handle, saidspoon comprising a spoon bowl having a permanently open top and formedwith a substantially vertical inner end wall, an

outwardly inclined outer end wall extending to a transverse dischargeedge, and parallel vertical sides, the upper edges of said sides and endwalls lying in a common plane and cooperating to guide contents of thebowl and prevent said contents from spreading laterally when dischargingover the upper edge of said outwardly inclined end wall, the other endof said handle being on a level with the bottom of said bowl and beingof a greater width than the same so as to prevent lateral tilting ofsaid bowl when the spoon is set down.

JESSIE EVELYN PETERKIN.

FREDERICK WILLIAM MARLOW.

